Sign-letter



( No Model.)

R.-M. PBARSGN au W. LETZIG.

. SIGN LETTER.

'Patented Feb.. 9, 1897.

, may be attached to the inside or outside face Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the letter shown UNITED STATES l PATENT @Erica RALEIGH M.PEARSON AND VILLIAH LETZIG, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

SIGN-LETTER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,885, dated' February9, 1897.

Application led March 2 1, l 8 9 6.

Serial No. 584,264. (No model.) y

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, RALEIGH M. PEARsoN and WILLIAM LETZIG, of LittleRock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Sign-Letters, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to construct a letter, character, orsymbol of a transparent material and to back said letter with gold,silver, or colors, said colors having a backing of tin or lead foil,whereby the letters will be exceedingly transparent and the colorthoroughly protected.

A further object of the invention is to s shape the letter, character,or symbol that it of a pane of glass with equal ease and eliticiency andwhereby the letter may be secured to the plain surface of any material.

Another object of the invention is to so form the outer face of theletter, character, or symbol that when said face is secured to a surfacethe cementing or adhesive material will be prevented from appearing overthe entire surface of the letter, being confined to the margin of thesame.

The invention consists in the novel con.- struct-ion and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a letter constructed in accordance withthe invention.

in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a letter, takensubstantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a transverse sectionthrough the letter,the said section being taken on the lines 4 of Figs.1 and 2, theletterbeing illustrated as attached to the outer surface ofa window-pane, which latter is also in section. Fig. 5 is a view similarto Fig. 4, the letter, however, being shown as applied to the inner faceof the window-pane; and Figs. (i and 7 are transverse sections throughthe letter, illustrating slight modifications in the formation of theinner or back surface of the same.

In carrying out the invention the letter A is made ot' a transparentmaterial, such as glasshcelluloid, or its equivalent. On the front faceof the letter two marginal grooves l0 and 1l are made, which, when theletter is to be attached to the inner face of a pane of glass l2, forexample, as shown in Fig. 5, will prevent the cement or other adhesivematerial employed for the attachment of the letter from passing over thebody portion of the same, any excess of cementing material find however,a plain smooth marginal surface 14 at each side of the groove. Thebottom Wall of this groove, as Shown in Figs; I5 andfl, may have aconvexed surface a., or, as shown in Fig. 6, the said bottom wallniay beprovided with a concaved surface a', or an angular bottom wall a2 may beprovided for the said back groove, as shown in Fig. 7, and ifvinpractice it is found desirable the bottom Wall of the back groove 13 maybe provided with ornaments 15, etched, cast, cut, or otherwise produceddirectly in the body of the letter.

A covering 1G is applied to the entire back of the letter, and the saidcovering consists, preferably, of paint in oil-colors, and the coloredcovering 16 is provided With a back- -ing 17, of tin or lead foil or alike material;

but if in practice it is found desirable the colored covering 16 may beomitted and the foil only be employed as a backing for the letter, sincethe foil may be in any desired color or colors. A

impervious cement is preferably used for attaching the letter to itssupport, so that the letter may be washed over with impunity withoutdanger of being loosened from its support.

A letter constructed as above set forth is simple, durable, and economicin construction, producing a brilliant etfect, and may be readilyapplied and likewise as readily removed from a support, and when saidletter IOO is made of glass it will not be broken by reason I of theexpansion of the glass pane to which it may be applied, since the letterwill contract and expand only With the glass foundation to which it issecured.

The marginal grooves 10, which prevent the spread of the oementingmaterial, may be made in letters constructed of metal or other materialwith equally good effect as when glass is employed.

Having thus described our invention,A We claim as neT and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A transparent letter having approximatelyparallel front and back faces, each formed with recesses capable ofreceiving cement for holding the letter in place, the letter havingcoloring material secured to one face and being capable of having eitherface secured to the part by which the letter is sn pported,substantially as described.

2. A transparent letter having approximately parallel 'front and backfaces, one face being formed with two grooves respectively runningaround the edges of the face and the remaining face being formed with acontinuous depression, the letter having one face colored and beingcapable of having either face cemented to the surface on which theletter is supported, substantially as described.

A sign having a transparent body portion formed with two approximatelyparallel faces, each capable of being attached to the part by Which thesign is held and the body portion being colored and the colored portionbeing visible from either Jface of the body portion, substantially asdescribed.

RALEIGH M. PEARSON. WILLIAM LETZIG.

Vitnesses: p

THos. P. MERIWETHER, WM. REIMAN.

